[log in to unmask] writes:

>As far as I've been able to determine, there is no reliable evidence that
>he ever publicly used inappropriate language, that he was ever drunk at a
>musical performance or that he was particularly gauche socially.  ..
>
>Mozart liked riddles and a play on words, both crude and ordinary as his
>letters show.  ...

Check out an old LP called "The Comic Mozart," in which some of Mozart's
lighter moments are preserved.  There is a round called "Bona Nox," whose
lyrics will surprise.  They can't be reproduced here.

Michael Stein